Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-08

daughters have not agreed TO put aside their
objections 60 the marriage, but other reports
a'e t, the effect that they have. From re-
liable sources It is learned that the marriage
VIII take place. II If does not the failure viii
be due TO the fact that Mrs. IIolts affection
for her daughters is stronger taan that shc
cntertains for her old-time sweetheart. In
the maesntime the city is in a fever Of excite
ment, everybody being on tiptoe TO learn
whether the secretary viii triumph over the
objections Of MIS-. Holt's daughters.
CAIRO, H., Dee. 2S.-A fire at 6 O'Clock this
morning destroyed the Mississippi Valley
Transportation steamer K. y. HAYES. four
paraes and the Anchor Line steamer Cl1y If
Natchez while lying at the bank. The fire is
supposed to have originated In the after cabin
of the steamer Hayes. The flames soon en-
yeloped the whole vessel, burning Der to the
waters edge. the fire spread TO the Natchez,
lying just below the Hayes, and in a few min
utes She, too, was IN "a mass OF flames. The
last named steamer was one Of tie finest on
lht NllSTlNSllAf, "a bAAiA blN AN'AF 49, "iN
valued at 800, 900. The Hayes was five years
old and valued at 81 $1,000. Nothing but the
wrecks Of halls remain. The barges were
loAled with cotton and general merchandise.
The total loss by the fire will amount to over
$1,000. 600.
MILWAUKEE, Dee. 29.-Paul Grottkan, the
noted socialist, is understood To- be greatly IN
dignant at the fact that the authorities Of the
house Of correction, where be Is serving his
sentence Of thirty days for contempt OF court,
have clothed him in gray and compelled him
to 90 the state service rs a helper at one of
saws in the chair factory. He contends to his
friends that having simply been committed
for contempt Of court, he is a frst-class mis-
dcmeanant and should be treated as such in
stead OF as a common convict. He has made
no complaint however to the prison officials,
and the latter sag that lie is one OF the most
quiet and obcGient and at the same time
t~aciturn prisoners they have ever had. He
has been given the privilege Of a cell to him
self. The socialists are arranging 10 give him
"a reception when his term expires. Many
lawyers agree in the opinion that It is unusual
to treat people committed for contempt Of
court as common felons.
CHICAGO, Dee. 29.-An exhibition Of semi
tropical fruit from central and northern Cali
fornia was informally opened at The armory
Of the First cavalry to-day. The object Of the
show, which is something similar othe Citrus
Fair from Southern California held in this
city last March, is to acquaint the public with
the large sud varied semi tropical fruits grown
i'm the regions represented. The fruits on cy-
hibition include oranges, lemons, grapes and
strawberries.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. 29-News has
just reached here Of Il terrible fight at Cooper
ton, IN the mountain region, on Christmas
eve. Near Cooperton lives a family Of Halle
and q family OF Gilberts, between whom there
has e,isted a family icud for years. Frequent
fights took lace but with no fatal results un-
I'll the night mentioned above, when a dance
was given at toe house Of Il mutual friend
named Loyejoy The Halls and Gilberts were
all present, but remained quiet ill the effects
Of the whisky, which had been flowing freely,
began TO be felt. TLen a quarrel arose be-
tween two Of the pen regarding an engage
ment with one Of the girls present, and al
though friends interfered, pistols, razors and
knives were quickly drawn and a general
shooting and cutting took place. Those not
interested in either faction fled prccitate-
~, while about twenty remained.
When the fight was over all who
were able 10 leave did so when those who had
| Haa "a. +ba 1,frfp p{r,r ~ tho fpbf rafttrpaI
With the sheriff and posse they found George
Gilbert dead, with six pistol shots in his body,
Eliza Gilbert killed by a pistol shot, John
Lane with his throat cut and dead, Willis
Han stabbed fatally in the abdomen and John
Montgomery fatally cut across the shoulders
and breast. Others we're doubtless wounded,
but not so badly as to prevent their escape.
But one Of the party was arrested, and while
in the magistrates Office, he jumped through
a closed window, and though shot at and
wounded, escaped.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-Advance sheets of 1.-THE
Manufacturers Record for January | contains
the statistics and facts Of the industrial and
mechanical outlook in the south, and the new
manufacturing and mining enterprises that
have been undertaken therein duringtbe year.
The account is glowing and favorable In every
respect, and the iron industries that have been
developed III Tennessee, at Birmingham, Ala,
ana at other points IN Alabama ard Georgia
are spoken Of highly and compared more than
favorably with the long established f@lctorie,
and furnaces Of q like character in Penn
s~ylvania. The cost Of making iron Is
put at $t5 per ton In Pennsylvania, and AT
$50 in the south. The cotton manufacturing
industries, coal mining aud all the mcdaniel
industries are largely on the increase in the
south, and it is claimed To be the coming and
best field for investment in the country to.
day.
The following is a summary Of the amounts
estimated to have been invested IL new en-.
t~erprises during the year, compared with the
investments Of the preceding years:
State. 1885. 1885.
Alabama ............ SO, S4S, 600 s 7,S4I ,00t
Arkansas i. =. j.. ID, 100000 1.2200O
I L1,~tta Esn DnA . I INN